Terry Skrypek

Head Coach

Terry Skrypek can be reached at 651-962-5911 or at: tpskrypek@stthomas.edu

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Terry Skrypek

--Has never had a losing record in his 45 years of organized hockey. That includes his prep and college playing career, a 14-year run as head coach at Hill-Murray High, and his 23 seasons with the Tommies.

--He's coached more than 1,000 games in 37 seasons as a head coach (Hill-Murray and St. Thomas). His teams have won 744 of their 1,034 all-time games.

--His postseason record at Hill-Murray was 67-16 and at St. Thomas is 42-29-6.

--In 14 seasons at Hill-Murray, his teams won 88% of their games (325-44-3), captured the 1983 state championship, and placed second at state four times. His 14 Pioneer teams won 13 conference titles and finished second once.

--His 1982-83 Hill-Murray team finished 28-0 and still holds the Pioneers’ record for goals in a season (243, an average of 8.7 a game). In its final regular-season game, Hill-Murray trailed Rochester John Marshall 7-2 but came back to win 8-7 in overtime. In the postseason, the Pioneers won four one-goal games. They scored with 3:12 left to edge Burnsville 4-3 in the state title game.

--With his help, both the Hill-Murray and St. Thomas hockey programs have achieved the rare feat of surpassing 1,000 all-time victories.

--His 40 teams won 29 conference titles, took second nine times, were third twice and never placed fourth or lower.
 
--He was named Division III National Coach of the Year in spring 2005 after his Tommies' remarkable run from second place in the MIAC standings to second place in the NCAA Division III championships. The injury-plagued Toms had three upset road wins in an eight-day stretch over teams ranked in the top five nationally. They finished 20-6-5 after a loss in the NCAA title game to Middlebury.

--He's led St. Thomas to 23 MIAC playoff trips in 23 seasons, including 20 trips to the finals. UST has won nine playoff titles, including the 2004, 2005, 2008 and 2010 postseason crowns on the road as a No. 2 or 3 seed.

--His Tommie teams have never finished out of the top three in the MIAC hockey standings – 13 championships, eight runner-up places and just two third-place finishes.

--He guided St. Thomas to 11 NCAA championship appearances, and his 2000 UST squad was the first conference hockey team to reach a national championship game.

--In his 23-year era, St. Thomas is 419-197-46 (.670), including a stellar 275-70-23 (.780) record in conference regular-season play.

--His 419 victories rank him among the top 70 on the all-time, all-division hockey coaching chart (30th among active head coaches).      

--He has coached 25 All-Americans in his 23 seasons, including 2000 Division III Player of the Year Steve Aronson. He's also coached seven MIAC Player of the Year recipients.

--He’s a member of the Minnesota Hockey Coaches Hall of Fame as well as the Athletic Hall of Fames at Cretin High, St. Mary’s University and the University of St. Thomas.

--He’s one of just two Minnesota coaches – along with his friend and colleague Dennis Denning – to win 300 or more games and win a state championship at the high-school level, plus win 400 or more games, reach and NCAA championship game, and be named National Coach of the Year at the college level.

--He's helped St. Thomas hockey maintain its status as first in all-time wins among 68 Division III programs. The Tommies are now 1016-596-76 in the 86-year history of the program.

--Terry and his wife Valerie have raised four children -- all Tommie graduates. Their son Bryan was an All-MIAC defenseman and four-year starter for the Tommie hockey team.

Terry Skrypek at Hill-Murray Year-By-Year
   
Overall (%)  Conf (%)* Conf. place
Assistant Coach

70-71---26-1-1----14-0  First

71-72---24-4-0----14-0  First

72-73---21-7-0----11-1  First

Head Coach

73-74---22-2-1----11-1  First

74-75---25-2------14-0  First

75-76---22-5------9-1 First

76-77---24-3------8-0  First

77-78---25-3------8-1  First

78-79---23-3-1----14-0  First

79-80---27-1----16-0  First

80-81---19-5----15-1  First

81-82---20-4----15-1  First

82-83---28-0----16-0  First

83-84---22-4-----15-1  First

84-85---21-5-1----13-3  Second

85-86---24-3----14-0  First

86-87---23-4----14-0  First

Terry Skrypek at UST Year-By-Year
   
Overall (%)  MIAC (%)* Conf. place
87-88---21-10-0----13-3-0  Second
88-89---18-11-1----13-3-0  First
89-90---19-8-1-----14-2-0  First
90-91---18-8-3-----13-1-2  First
91-92---20-10-2----12-3-1  First
92-93---18-8-1-----13-2-1  First (tie)
93-94---19-5-5-----11-2-3  First
94-95---18-10-1----12-3-1  First
95-96---18-9-2 ----11-3-2  Third
96-97---18-9 ------13-3-0  Second
97-98---20-7-2-----12-3-1  First (tie)
98-99---16-12-3----11-4-1  First
99-00---27-4-2-----14-1-1  First
00-01---15-9-3 ----11-3-2  First
01-02---22-6-0-----13-3-0  First
02-03---16-9-2-----10-5-1 Second
03-04---17-8-3-----13-2-1 Second
04-05---20-6-5-----12-3-1 Second
05-06---17-9-1-----13-2-1 First
06-07---17-10-0----12-4-0 Second

07-08---20-7-2-----12-4-0 Second

08-09---12-11-3----9-5-3 Second (tie)

09-10---13-11-4----8-6-2 Third

Totals
------419-197-46---275-70-24
------(.670)-------(.782)